TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Bartan Gdansk Seaside

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I've loved staying on the boat. I had my own room which looked over the water. At times it felt like I was the only person there. There are two decks and a big lounge room, which is styled like the 1950s, with old style radios and phones to boot.

Tomorrow I'm off to Warsaw. I'm really looking forward to Warsaw and learning about its history and ...

... seaside it is one of the main ports, leading the city to be fought over by Germany and Poland for centuries. Westerplatte, Poland is the official start place of WW2. It was an interesting place to visit during such a turmoil time here in Eastern Europe. It was like walking around, you could almost feel heaviness. Reading about the start of the war and how hard the Polish fought to keep out the Germans, knowing their army was no match for a strong country like Germany, some ...

... done (oh, the bliss of having a whole suitcase of clothes to choose from...) I also got my hair cut there, as my fast-diminishing pot of hair gum acting as a hair length barometer was showing 'high pressure'. As I had a very short cut the day before I left the UK, it was also a reminder of how long I've been away.

It gets packed in the summer, it seems, with well-off Poles, and is THE place to hang out, pose and partaaay till the ...